Hello Friends,
I lived in Ahmedabad city which was in Gujarat India. Since i was a kid in my self i found extreme interest in Animals and Wildlife. Also i am working as a volunteer for helping poor Animals and Birds. So you can find out that i love wildlife.
I have many encounters with animals and birds. but today i am writing about Indian Star Tortoise. My first interaction with a tortoise when i was 7 years old my father bring a very large tortoise at my home and while playing with tortoise i sit on his shell and he easily walking. Usually we gave him veges fruits and also while making meal my mom gave veges trashes to tortoise. we put this tortoise free in our home tis was my old house ground floor is 3BHK with attached 90yards compound. one day at evening time the tortoise walking through inside bed and my father's walking near by and accidentally smashes with my father's foot and he had fractured in pinky toe. After a month when hen we are not at home in late night we came to home we saw our tortoise pooped everywhere on the floor so my mom become very angry that morning my dad bring back to his friend.This is very old story.
The Indian Start Tortoise
1st of all we go with the name.
The - It means a very rare species and exotic animal(Reptile) now a days its become deadliest species.
Indian - It means its traditionally from India and also migrated in Pakistan and Srilanka.
Star - You can find star design on this species hard shell.
Tortoise - The Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a species of tortoise.
In this blog we are talking about a species which was related to Reptile. Then its must to know about reptile body. Reptiles are calls as COLD BLOODED. Reptiles blood is not like us, retiles blood are not warm they maintain body temperature from outside like sunlight or heat places or water/ cold places.e.g. if a tortoise temperature is low then it heat a heat from sun light or warm places. if a tortoise temperature is high then its go under shadow or a cool places.
The tortoises is a land-dwelling reptile closely related to the tortoise's marine cousin, the sea turtle. The tortoise is found in many countries around the world but particularly in the southern hemisphere where the weather is warmer for most of the year.
Tortoises have a hard outer shell to protect them from predators but the skin on the legs, head and belly of the tortoise is quite soft so the tortoise is able to retract it's limbs into it's shell to protect itself. The tortoise's shell can range in size from a few centimetres to a couple of metres, depending on the species of tortoise.
Most species of tortoise have a herbivorous diet eating grasses, weeds, flowers, leafy greens and fruits.Tortoises generally have a lifespan similar to the lifespan of humans although some species of tortoise, like the giant tortoise, have known to be over 150 years old.
There are many different species of tortoise around the world that vary in size, colour and diet. Most species of tortoise however are diurnal but in places where it is very hot throughout the day, tortoises will often venture out to find food in the cooler dawn and dusk periods.
Female tortoises dig burrows, known as nesting burrows, in which the female tortoise lays her eggs. The female tortoise can lay between one and thirty eggs at a time but the number is generally around 10 and only a handful of the babies tend to survive as tortoise babies are very vulnerable to attack by all kinds of predators.
Once the female tortoise has laid her eggs she leaves the nesting burrow. The eggs hatch between 2 and 4 months later and the baby tortoises are able to start venturing out in search of food when they are about a week old. The size of the baby tortoise and the egg, depends on the size of the mother tortoise.
Today, a number of tortoise species (mainly the smaller species of tortoise) are kept as household pets. But many of pet keepers do not take better care of this tortoise some of lives in flats and leave the tortoise on hard surface for a long period other of some people leave this tortoise on there balcony for full life span. The pet tortoise ideally prefers to live in the garden or part of a vegetable patch where there is lots of food for the tortoise to eat. Pet tortoises should have a diet similar to what it would be if the tortoise was in the wild and should not be fed other foods such as cat or dog food.
Now a days winter time is running. Most species of tortoise, but not all, hibernate during the colder winter months particularly those species of tortoise in the Northern Hemisphere. Tortoises must have an empty stomach before they hibernate and therefore tend to go through a period of starvation beforehand. Tortoises come out of hibernation when the weather begins to get warmer again
I have a pair of Indian Star Tortoise. i bring thes from my friend's home. these tortoise is with him since last 4 years. Physically very fit and healthy tortoise but they now layed eggs after i take it from my home compound they get natrural habitat and space. Im 2 weeks from my home they layed six numbers of eggs on ground. i keep those eggs in sole and cover with soil. Usually Indian star tortoise eggs hatching temrature is around 27C. now winter days is running so i put a 15 wtts bulb for heat on the eggs and put a little thermometer. It usually takes 2 to 3 months to hatch. now let see whats happened.
Before keep the tortoise as pet know there habitats, foods and places. Tortoise love scrub forest dry places with near by water. They need sunlight and also cool place and shadow, because temperature matter a lot for their body.
Thanks for reading.
Jay Hind.
I lived in Ahmedabad city which was in Gujarat India. Since i was a kid in my self i found extreme interest in Animals and Wildlife. Also i am working as a volunteer for helping poor Animals and Birds. So you can find out that i love wildlife.
I have many encounters with animals and birds. but today i am writing about Indian Star Tortoise. My first interaction with a tortoise when i was 7 years old my father bring a very large tortoise at my home and while playing with tortoise i sit on his shell and he easily walking. Usually we gave him veges fruits and also while making meal my mom gave veges trashes to tortoise. we put this tortoise free in our home tis was my old house ground floor is 3BHK with attached 90yards compound. one day at evening time the tortoise walking through inside bed and my father's walking near by and accidentally smashes with my father's foot and he had fractured in pinky toe. After a month when hen we are not at home in late night we came to home we saw our tortoise pooped everywhere on the floor so my mom become very angry that morning my dad bring back to his friend.This is very old story.
The Indian Start Tortoise
1st of all we go with the name.
The - It means a very rare species and exotic animal(Reptile) now a days its become deadliest species.
Indian - It means its traditionally from India and also migrated in Pakistan and Srilanka.
Star - You can find star design on this species hard shell.
Tortoise - The Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a species of tortoise.
In this blog we are talking about a species which was related to Reptile. Then its must to know about reptile body. Reptiles are calls as COLD BLOODED. Reptiles blood is not like us, retiles blood are not warm they maintain body temperature from outside like sunlight or heat places or water/ cold places.e.g. if a tortoise temperature is low then it heat a heat from sun light or warm places. if a tortoise temperature is high then its go under shadow or a cool places.
The tortoises is a land-dwelling reptile closely related to the tortoise's marine cousin, the sea turtle. The tortoise is found in many countries around the world but particularly in the southern hemisphere where the weather is warmer for most of the year.
Tortoises have a hard outer shell to protect them from predators but the skin on the legs, head and belly of the tortoise is quite soft so the tortoise is able to retract it's limbs into it's shell to protect itself. The tortoise's shell can range in size from a few centimetres to a couple of metres, depending on the species of tortoise.
Most species of tortoise have a herbivorous diet eating grasses, weeds, flowers, leafy greens and fruits.Tortoises generally have a lifespan similar to the lifespan of humans although some species of tortoise, like the giant tortoise, have known to be over 150 years old.
There are many different species of tortoise around the world that vary in size, colour and diet. Most species of tortoise however are diurnal but in places where it is very hot throughout the day, tortoises will often venture out to find food in the cooler dawn and dusk periods.
Female tortoises dig burrows, known as nesting burrows, in which the female tortoise lays her eggs. The female tortoise can lay between one and thirty eggs at a time but the number is generally around 10 and only a handful of the babies tend to survive as tortoise babies are very vulnerable to attack by all kinds of predators.
Once the female tortoise has laid her eggs she leaves the nesting burrow. The eggs hatch between 2 and 4 months later and the baby tortoises are able to start venturing out in search of food when they are about a week old. The size of the baby tortoise and the egg, depends on the size of the mother tortoise.
Today, a number of tortoise species (mainly the smaller species of tortoise) are kept as household pets. But many of pet keepers do not take better care of this tortoise some of lives in flats and leave the tortoise on hard surface for a long period other of some people leave this tortoise on there balcony for full life span. The pet tortoise ideally prefers to live in the garden or part of a vegetable patch where there is lots of food for the tortoise to eat. Pet tortoises should have a diet similar to what it would be if the tortoise was in the wild and should not be fed other foods such as cat or dog food.
Now a days winter time is running. Most species of tortoise, but not all, hibernate during the colder winter months particularly those species of tortoise in the Northern Hemisphere. Tortoises must have an empty stomach before they hibernate and therefore tend to go through a period of starvation beforehand. Tortoises come out of hibernation when the weather begins to get warmer againI have a pair of Indian Star Tortoise. i bring thes from my friend's home. these tortoise is with him since last 4 years. Physically very fit and healthy tortoise but they now layed eggs after i take it from my home compound they get natrural habitat and space. Im 2 weeks from my home they layed six numbers of eggs on ground. i keep those eggs in sole and cover with soil. Usually Indian star tortoise eggs hatching temrature is around 27C. now winter days is running so i put a 15 wtts bulb for heat on the eggs and put a little thermometer. It usually takes 2 to 3 months to hatch. now let see whats happened.
Before keep the tortoise as pet know there habitats, foods and places. Tortoise love scrub forest dry places with near by water. They need sunlight and also cool place and shadow, because temperature matter a lot for their body.
Thanks for reading.
Jay Hind.
